Cochran Family History
Cochran Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from lands in the parish of Paisley,
near Glasgow. The place name is of uncertain derivation, perhaps from
Welsh coch ‘red’, although this etymology is not supported by
the early spelling Coueran.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cochran
Name Distribution of Cochran Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cochran families
 324 - 646  109 - 323 |
 1 - 108  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cochran families
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37 - 72 13 - 36 |
1 - 12 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cochran families
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168 - 334 57 - 167 |
1 - 56 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Cochran Family Origin
Cochran Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Cochran
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Cochran Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Cochran census records
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